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You could consider a Ratliff 'Country Boy' F style. Elderly usually has them in stock.

This is an excellent resource! Rob, it can be difficult to set the G course as low as .050 - .060 inch at the 12th fret on some mandolins because of uneven frets causing buzzing ... how about a...

Check out Sierra Hull's DVD. You'll start to learn how licks fit over the chord changes.

One of my favorites. 'The Thrill Is Gone' music video from the movie alone is worth buying the DVD. You can get it on Amazon for 10 bucks.

The Tone-Gard is a great product at a very fair price. Does what it claims to do, I've used one for eight years. You can always try one out by ordering from Elderly, send it back if you don't like it.

I've owned both Collings MF-5 and MT mandolins. Excellent mandolins and very consistent, hard to go wrong with a Collings mandolin and the resale price really holds up. Right now I'm playing a...

Got a cap in the mail today, definitely not one size fits all, the cap is really on the small side. Looks like a freshman beanie perched on my head. I gave it away to a neighbour's kid, who was...

I thought I was the last mandolin player in the world to change to the NS mini headstock tuner. I don't use my IMT-500 any more. Having the tuner clamp on right behind the nut makes lock up real fast...

You don't have to damage your Fern to install a great pickup. Use a Tapastring endpin jack that replaces your current endpin with no drilling http://www.pick-uptheworld.com/VintageSystem.htm

I have found a brush on product called Rock-Tips to be a godsend. When I had to take a break from playing due to an injury and lost my calluses, I found I could play without pain after brushing the...

Octave Mandolin built by Fletcher Brock.

nickster, you are gonna give sonnyjammer an anxiety attack. If the mandolin was twisted slightly when the photo was taken it would give the strings the appearance of being off center.

Duane, most everything you need is in Niles Hokkanen's small book "Bluegrass Up the Neck."

My favorite books are Bluegrass Up the Neck by Niles Hokkanen, Bluegrass Mandolin by Jack Tottle and Mandolin Master Class by Brad Laird. Sierra Hull's two DVD set Secrets Songs & Tunes from Acutab...

Both of you just gave those gadget websites a free backlink from a Google PR6 website (mandolin cafe) that they probably do not deserve.

F10 with a converted long neck

Take a look at this article Penny Clark is playing a Summit mandolin. Looks like an F-100S, Gruhn's has a couple for sale on their website.

I totally agree with Kevin. I got a KM900 in the other day from The Mandolin Store. This is not your typical Pacrim mandolin. It is loud, has a percussive chop and very good bluegrass tone. I think...

I've used Big Joe for setup work before and his work is top shelf. Definitely recommended. Can't comment on the weather issue, when I shipped to Nashville it was summer there and also in Florida...

Bluechip does not make a pick in the same rounded shape as the Golden Gate or "Dawg" picks for some reason. If you really like the shape you might like a Red Bear Tortis or Tufftone pick in their...

I have a couple of Red Bear Trading Tortis picks, mondo style, heavy with a speed bevel in clown barf that I bought a couple years ago before they quit making picks in the clown barf option. Love the...

Rob, why not send your MT back to Collings and have them put the pickguard on?

Good news. If I bought a Weber the first thing I would do would be to change out the tailpiece to a James. That ugly cast tailpiece Weber uses looks like it belongs on an Eastman.

I love the McClung armrest I got from Doug Edwards. Definitely a better, more comfortable design. Great guy to deal with also.

Take a look at Niles Hokkanen's 'Bluegrass up the Neck' book. He explains how to improvise out of a closed position pattern that looks 'like a box.'